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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Baking with Dorie (Rewind): Split Level Pudding

After having two spoonfuls of this pudding, I exclaimed "this is the best recipe ever from Dorie!". Until my daughter reminded me that I say that everytime I try a new recipe from Baking: From my home to yours. That actually made me pause for awhile before scooping another spoonful of the cold, creamy, smooth vanilla and chocolate pudding into my mouth . I am in love yet again.

Honestly, I did not expect this to be sooo good. I mean, a pudding is a pudding. I guess I never tried THIS pudding before... AMAZING. Don't believe me? Forget about my daughter's remark. I really really think this recipe is the best recipe I've made that's from Dorie before. Among other recipes. :D

The texture of the vanilla and chocolate pudding is smooth and not lumpy at all. Think baby food without the yuck. Confession: when I saw the photo in BFMHTY, I did wonder if I could enjoy something that looks like it was made for a 6-month old. My doubts were a waste of time, of course! And I'm so glad I shaved a bit of chocolate for topping. It adds a nice texture to the smooth pudding.

I cheated a whole lot in making the vanilla pudding, doing away with the food processor. In essence, I made the pudding using simple steps not unlike the vanilla pastry cream I made for my Boston Cream Pie, which by the way is by Martha Stewart from her Cupcakes book. You may duplicate the steps found here, while still using Dorie's recipe. It is much simpler to do. I didn't even bother to run the ready pudding under a sieve either, and they still came out nice and smooth. Try it today!

Shahieda dearie, I made it the second time yesterday. Here's a tip: if you like chocolate, you might want to double the ganache to pair with the single recipe vanilla pudding. That way no one will complain there's not enough chocolate in their pudding! :)

Hahaha, yet another favorite recipe?! I don't think there's any recipe from Dorie that I didn't like. I haven't made this one but can't wait to try her new recipe on pastry cream. Hope you're getting her new cookbook that's coming out soon. With that and BFMHTY, you'll turn into a francophile in no time!! Happy Ramadhan. P.S I put back a third of the pounds I lost. :-(

Omg, I missed this one! For some reason, I didn't see this in my reader before now. I'm so glad you enjoyed this pudding - it's a real treat & a favorite of mine as well. Your puddings look lovely (and pretty drool-inducing, considering it's the 1 hour before iftar!) - I especially like the almost swirled look.

grapefruit: this is just great for iftar!! very very refreshing :) as I was pouring the the vanilla pudding, the choc ganache swirled up and was dissapointed at first for the 'flawed' look, but later thought the 'marble' effect was quite pretty :)